Madhubani Painting: Other Sites

~ madhubani painting: relevant web sites ~

Background and Context

Mithila Art as a Communication Technology
http://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept09/2009/11/02/mithila-art-as-a-communication-technology/
[A blog entry by Ryan Bartlett of the University of British Columbia.]
The Maithil Brahmans: An Online Ethnography
http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/mithila/
[The research of Carolyn Brown Heinz of the Department of Anthropology of California State University in Chico. Includes a Mithila Art Gallery. See also her journal article contested meanings: tantra and the poetics of Mithila art.]
Mithila Painting: Ethnic Arts Foundation
http://www.mithilapainting.org/
[A foundation in the San Francisco Bay area provides a multi-part introduction to Mithila painting. A teaching module for school children was produced by the foundation in cooperation with the University of California at Berkeley.]
Mithila Paintings: Past, Present, and Future
http://ignca.nic.in/kmsh0002.htm
[A paper by Dr. Kailash K. Mishra of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi.]

Women Artists and their Work

Sita Devi Madhubani Painting
http://sita-devi.blogspot.com/
[An appreciation of "the legendary figure of Madhubani painting" who died in 2005 at the age of 92 years.]
A Painter (University of Virginia, USA)
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Misc/Sss/volmudh.gif
[An unidentified woman painter who is practicing her craft.]
Two Suns: Do Surya (University of Virginia, USA)
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Misc/Sss/surya.html
[Two paintings, courtesy of the University of Virginia Library and South Asia librarian Philip McEldowney, with a link to a page on Bihar peasant leader Swami Sahajanand Saraswati who was a subject of research for Virginia historian Walter Hauser.]
Mithila Painters
http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/mithila.html
[A video made available for sale by the University of Wisconsin, Madison.]

Museums and Exhibits

Janakpur Women's Development Center: Maithil Paintings
http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/jwdc/
[A helpful introduction and exhibition of Mithila paintings.]
McClung Museum (USA)
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/archives/india/index.shtml
[The record of a 1998 exhibition of textiles and other art from India at the University of Tennessee, including some Mithila painting.]
The Mithila Museum (Japan)
http://www.mithila-museum.com/aboutMM/Eindex.html
[Located in the Prefecture of Niigata in Japan, the Museum is well worth a visit for anyone touring in Japan.]
Mithila Paintings: South Asia Center, Syracuse University (USA)
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/sac/Beneath_The_Banyan_Tree_-_Mithila_Paintings/
[Information on the H. Daniel Smith collection.]

Items for Sale

Indigo Arts Gallery (USA)
http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_asianart_indiptg1.html
[A gallery in Philadelphia that sells Mithila paintings from Bihar.]
Madhubani Paintings at Khazana (USA)
http://www.khazana.com/folk/mithila.html
[A specialty shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It features good examples of folk arts.]
Shalincraft: Art from India (India)
http://www.shalincraft-india.com/subhome/tribalfolkindianart.html
[A wide variety of contemporary examples of the arts of the subcontinent are available for sale here including Madhubani.]

Other Related Resources

Kamat's Potpourri: Paintings of India
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/art/paintings.htm
[Samples of various eras and styles of painting from India.]
South Asia Art Archive
http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/sasia/aiis/
[An excellent resource being developed at the University of Pennsylvania in cooperation with the American Institute of Indian Studies. See also the Penn/AIIS Art Archive page.]
Asia Society
http://www.asiasociety.org/
[A non-profit organization and resource site for various aspects of the history and cultures of Asia. It supports the Ask Asia site for teachers and students.]

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